CVE-1999-0872 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Vixie cron, allowing local users to achieve root access by manipulating the MAILTO environment variable within a crontab file. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) has a low attack complexity and grants complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact if exploited. Despite its age and high severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0_pl1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:3.0_pl1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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